History of Milwaukee, city and county . tory of a nation. The people of whom this history treats have manifested the same inven-tive genius, the same enterprise and energy, the same constructive ability andthe same loyalty and patriotism that has characterized the nation as a have been so closely interlinked with its material progress as to sharein its adversities as well as in its successes; they have constituted so intimatelya part of its political life as to share fully in its burdens as well as its all times have they responded, willingly, readily and unselfishly, t
History of Milwaukee, city and county . tory of a nation. The people of whom this history treats have manifested the same inven-tive genius, the same enterprise and energy, the same constructive ability andthe same loyalty and patriotism that has characterized the nation as a have been so closely interlinked with its material progress as to sharein its adversities as well as in its successes; they have constituted so intimatelya part of its political life as to share fully in its burdens as well as its all times have they responded, willingly, readily and unselfishly, to thenational spirit and impulse as they have complied with the duties of citizen-ship at home. It is with this thought in mind, and in this manner of approach, that thetask of writing a new history of Milwaukee city and county, as an integralpart of the Great Republic, is undertaken—a history that shall be concise,comprehensive and complete in form and presentation, and worthy of thepeople whose story it tells. WILLIAM GEORGE CHAPTEK IDISCOVERY OF THE GREAT WEST In the year , Jean Nicollet, accompanied by .seven Indian companions,entered Lake Michigan by way of the Straits of Mackinac, and thus was thefirst white man to behold the broad surface of this inland sea. Along itsnorthern shores his canoe was paddled by his dusky oarsmen, says H. in his Leading Events in Wisconsin History. At the Lay deNoquet he briefly tarried, and finally came to the Menomonee, where thatriver pours its waters into Green Bay. Later Nicollet ascended the Fox River until he came to the country of theMascoutens and at that point he turned south, when within three days journeyof the portage, into the Wisconsin River, thus missing the route to the Missis-sippi which -Joliet and Marquette followed in 1673. At length in the courseof his extended .journey he reached the country of the Illinois Indians. Aftera sojourn with these tribes he returned to Green Bay, doubtless along thewes
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